Sahaspur Lohara

Origin and Lineage

The Sahaspur Lohara estate (historically known as the Lohara Zamindari) was held by a prominent branch of the Raj Gond dynasty in the Chhattisgarh region. It originated as an appanage of the neighboring princely state of Kawardha. Thakur Mahabali Singh, the ruler of Kawardha, carved out and assigned this estate as a maintenance grant for his younger son, Thakur Baijnath Singh, thereby establishing a junior cadet branch of the Kawardha ruling house.

British Era and Administration

Under the British Raj, Sahaspur Lohara was classified as an unfeudatory zamindari in the Central Provinces. Following administrative reorganizations, including the formation of Drug (Durg) District in 1906, the estate was placed under the administrative oversight of the Durg district authorities. According to the Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Drug District (1910), the zamindari comprised fertile plains lying beneath the Maikal Hills, with its headquarters situated at the village of Sahaspur Lohara.

Post-Independence

Following Indian independence in 1947, all proprietary and zamindari rights were abolished under the Madhya Pradesh Abolition of Proprietary Rights Act of 1950. Sahaspur Lohara was subsequently integrated into the state of Madhya Pradesh (and later, upon state reorganization in 2000, into Chhattisgarh). Today, it forms an administrative tehsil within the Kabirdham district.